Plus, why Utah isn't a horrible place to be single, BYU softballer on what it takes to win and six April Fool's pranks politicians pulled.
Here are today’s temperatures: ☀️ 29 - 57° in Logan | 💧0% ☀️ 36 - 58° in Salt Lake | 💧0% ☀️ 43 - 71° in Saint George | 💧0% Hopefully you made it through April Fool's Day yesterday without getting pranked. The National Parks Department is notorious for hokey pranks on the holiday, for example, this post about Utah Giant Prairie dogs that you can ride in Bryce Canyon. But they weren't the only ones in government joining in on the pranks this year. Here are five pranks politicians pulled for the holiday, including Sen. John Fetterman jokingly confirming that he has a body double. Also on our mind: The Church of Jesus Christ will release 12 hymns from its new hymnbook including 'Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing' Why Utah health experts are worried about a measles outbreak The elite athleticism of BYU outfielder Violet Zavodnik |
| Rep. John Curtis says TikTok phone campaign backfired, but bill still halted in the Senate |
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| | The phones in Rep. John Curtis’ office were ringing off the hook a couple weeks ago. It was before the House voted on the bill requiring TikTok to divest from ByteDance, a Chinese company. “We literally had calls that said, ‘So, what’s a congressman?’” Curtis said. As part of TikTok’s media campaign against the bill, the company sent out a notification to some users asking them to input their ZIP code to call their representative. It’s a move Curtis described “as very effective for us and very ineffective for them.” “What really alarms me is that they could then use that same technique to influence an election or taint somebody’s opinion about an issue,” Curtis said. |
Read more about the bill and how TikTok launched an advertising campaign against it. |
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